b) Print publications / Editions imprimées :

1.4 Other comments / Autre commentaire :

Myers-Scotton (1990) quotes a 1987 report saying that 5.3% spoke standard French, 29% "popular French" and the majority spoke Jula in interethnic interactions. Not sure how this may have changed over time or in the face of the recent de facto division of the country.

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

2.1 Infrastructure / Infrastructure

a) Telephones / Téléphones :

Fixed lines:

Telephone mainlines: 18 per 1000 people (APC)

Telephones - main lines in use:

257,900 (2004) (CIA)

328,000 (2003) (Wikipedia)

According to Wikipedia the system is "well-developed by African standards but operating well below capacity"